MADRID, 2 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Eibar’s coach, Gaizka Garitano, was “happy” with the 0-1 obtained this Thursday against Girona in the first leg of the ‘playoff’ for promotion to First Division, but stated that “having a goal advantage is having nothing “.
“The tie is still alive, it’s a very short result, to have a goal advantage is to have nothing. We have to try to make a second leg and be happy with this result, but without further ado. Now we have the second half left”, analyzed the gunsmith technician.
“We were playing very well in the first half and that play has conditioned the game a lot,” he said of Tejero’s expulsion. “But we have known how to suffer. In the second half we have also played well. Of course they can beat us in the return leg, Girona have a great team and we have not done anything today. There is a lot to do, now we have to rest because the game of the Sunday comes quickly,” he said.
“My team’s response? In that we are the best in the competition, in falling and getting up, I knew we were going to have a good game, I know the caste of my team, but I repeat, we haven’t done anything yet. It’s a game 180 minutes and we’ve only played 90 so far,” he said.
On equality with respect to other games with Girona this season, the Basque coach was clear. “The biggest distinction is that we have suffered 8-9 cards, a player’s expulsion and that is what has changed from the other games we have played against them. In three days there is little time to recover but these playoffs are always tough and you have to adapt to all circumstances. The strongest always come up and we have to be like that”, he stressed.
In relation to Aketxe’s ownership, the Eibar coach said that “Aketxe is used when the matches are more hackneyed”. “However, today we have decided to put him on from the beginning. I am happy with his performance and with that of the rest,” he concluded.